Luxembourg Fest 2025 Several years ago, after learning I had ancestors in Iowa who emigrated from Luxembourg, I joined the Luxembourg Ameri...

Often, if you are lucky when researching your ancestors in the 1600s, you can find an index that contains the birth dates of your ancestor b...

 I am pleased to announce my next presentation,  in honor of   Women's History Month,  at Hallockville Museum Farm   in  Riverhead, New ...

  When looking for the birth record of my 2 nd great grandfather John Bentz in Luxembourg I also found records for his parents (Willhelmus ...

        Recently, I was able to find and have translated the civil birth record, in German, for my maternal 2 nd great grandfather John Ben...

  How grateful are we when we can find first hand accounts of events/life written by our ancestors!   Recently, while visiting a third cousi...

Jacob Hamman Years ago I began telling the story of my maternal great great grandfather Jacob Hamman.  The following posts help tell the sto...